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A U.S. Navy hospital ship commander was relieved of her duties just two days before the ship departs on the five-month deployment. Capt. Rachel Haltner was relieved aboard the USNS Comfort Monday, according to a statement from the Military Sealift Command. On Wednesday, the ship will leave Naval Station Norfolk for a humanitarian assistance mission to 11 Latin America and Caribbean countries. Her removal will not affect the ship's departure, according to a Navy spokesman. The Comfort's executive officer Capt. Miguel Cubano has temporarily assumed command until the arrival of Capt. Christine Sears, fleet surgeon for the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command...

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A U.S. Navy hospital ship commander was relieved of her duties just two days before the ship departs on the five-month deployment.
Capt. Rachel Haltner was relieved aboard the USNS Comfort Monday, according to a statement from the Military Sealift...

By Ken Neill III
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Microscopic sea creatures stopped one of the U.S. Navy's largest warships in its own wake — well, actually, before it could even leave the dock.
The USS Theodore Roosevelt finally left Norfolk around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, more than two days after its...

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NEWPORT NEWS — It's prime waterfront land in Newport News, one of the finest pieces of real estate on the Peninsula.
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A recent Congressional Research Service report outlines what lies ahead...

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